Partly the aim was to demystify the whole idea of "making" and show that it is less something new, and more part of a longer-term continuum of the human drive to make tools (most recently, the Back to the Earth and DIY movements). And partly we tried to tell the story of AMP—which has been an amazing journey: networking the energy, drive and intellect of the many young people who have participated in the makers' collective plus hundreds more in Agbogbloshie who are not online.

Watch the talk for an overview of the five lessons I shared from our experience:

1. It's your nature, to be a maker.2. Making today is manu-digital.3. Making as a process is community-driven.4. Maker spaces are emergent.5. Maker cities are mesh networks.